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'''Aleksander (Alexander) Laak''' (d. 1961) was a the Estonian commander at the [[Jägala concentration camp]], where |
'''Aleksander (Alexander) Laak''' (d. 1961) was a the Estonian commander at the [[Jägala concentration camp]], where 100,000 Jews imported to Nazi occupied [[Estonia]] were killed.<ref name="Freedland">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/26/second.world.war|title=Revenge|last=Freedland|first=Jonathan|date=26 July 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> He committed suicide in [[Winnipeg, Canada]], after being discovered and implicated in the [[Holocaust trials in Soviet Estonia]]. According to some popular accounts he was in fact killed by a Jewish Avenger squad that clandestinely murdered Nazis.<ref name="Freedland" /> |
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Revision as of 15:22, 9 August 2010
Aleksander (Alexander) Laak (d. 1961) was a the Estonian commander at the Jägala concentration camp, where 100,000 Jews imported to Nazi occupied Estonia were killed.[1] He committed suicide in Winnipeg, Canada, after being discovered and implicated in the Holocaust trials in Soviet Estonia. According to some popular accounts he was in fact killed by a Jewish Avenger squad that clandestinely murdered Nazis.[1]
References
- ^ a b Freedland, Jonathan (26 July 2008). "Revenge". The Guardian.
See also
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